Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Book/Report
 
• Published January 2010

Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit.

Oak Brook, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2010. ISBN: 9781599403144.

This guide offers tools and strategies to ensure that intensive care units provide safe care, in the context of evidence-based best practices and The Joint Commission requirements. 

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